Senator, Washington State Senate, 1998-2011

Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, 1983-1996

Member, Washington State Commemorative Quarter Commission

Member, Washington State Trust for Historic Preservation

Vice Chair, Democratic Caucus, Washington State Senate, 2003

Vice Chair, Majority Caucus, Washington State Senate, 1999, 2001

No professional experience on file.

Lifelong Member, Disabled American Veterans, present

Member, American Indian Endowment Committee

Founder, Annual Raoul Wallenberg Dinner

Chair, Bring the Purple Martin Back to Seattle

Member, Citizen Scholarship Foundation Advisory Board of America

Member, Friends of the University of Washington Library

Member, New Zealanders of Seattle Club

Education Advisory Committee, Nordic Heritage Museum

Member, North Seattle Community College Foundation

Member, Northwest Dollars for Scholars

Member, Ravenna and Thornton Creek Alliances

Former Board Member, Scholarship America

Member, Seattle Audubon Society

Member, Seattle Christchurch Sister City Association

Member, United States Foundation, Universidad Del Valle de Guatemala

Member, University of Washington Institute of Aging Advisory

Board Member, Washington Dollars for Scholars

Experience, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center